Reporting on Risks: The Practice and Ethics of Health and Safety Communication

by Jim Willis and Albert Adelowo Okunade

Book Overview

Health and safety risk issues such as AIDS, hazardous waste disposal, airline disasters, and health care policy frequently dominate the news and require a new level of sensitivity and expertise on the part of journalists. This volume focuses on a study of the trends in risk reporting and offers guidelines on how to report the dangers of these risks more accurately. It also examines the ethical implications of reporting risks to the public. This work...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275952983
• ISBN13: 9780275952983
• Release Date: July 1997
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.2"